Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Saarland, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 15774
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15774.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saarland, Germany": 111
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 59

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Gersheim
Merzig
Nonnweiler
Saar Coal Mining Area
Saarlouis
Schmelz
St Wendel
Wadern
Wolfersheim

Latitude: 49°25'39"N
Longitude: 6°56'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.4275,6.9461111111111

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Acanthite	Allophane	Alum	Alunite	Amorphous	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Autunite
Baryte	Beryl	Bournonite	Brackebuschite	Brochantite	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copiapite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Descloizite	Diaspore	Digenite
Domeykite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Harmotome	Kaolinite	Löllingite	Lepidocrocite
Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Mica	Millerite	Monazite	Natrochalcite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Olivine	Pharmacosiderite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Stannite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Tyrolite	Vivianite	Zircon

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al As B Ba C Ca Ce Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn N Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti U V Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Alum Alunite Amorphous Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Autunite
Baryte Beryl Bournonite Brackebuschite Brochantite Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay
Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copiapite Copper Coronadite Corundum Covellite Descloizite Diaspore Digenite
Domeykite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Harmotome Kaolinite Löllingite Lepidocrocite
Malachite Marcasite Melanterite Mica Millerite Monazite Natrochalcite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Olivine Pharmacosiderite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel
Stannite Sulphur Tetrahedrite Tyrolite Vivianite Zircon

103 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Alum-(K) ()*	Alunite ()*
Anatase ()*	Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Antlerite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bariopharmacosiderite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bornite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Brackebuschite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Brookite ()*
Calcite ()*	Carrollite ()*	Celadonite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Clinosafflorite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Copiapite ()*	Copper ()*	Cordierite ()*
Corkite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Cuprite ()*	Descloizite ()*
Dickite ()*	Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Domeykite ()*	Epidote ()*
Erythrite ()*	Fayalite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Harmotome ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kemmlitzite ()*	Krettnichite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*
Libethenite ()*	Luzonite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Millerite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Mirabilite ()*
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Mottramite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nacrite ()*	Olivenite ()*
Opal ()*	Pharmacolite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrobelonite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rutile ()*	Salammoniac ()*	Saponite ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Strashimirite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Svanbergite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tokyoite ()*	Tyrolite ()*	Ulexite ()*
Vivianite ()*	Zeunerite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	61838	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	4	61834,61838,61840,61922	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	61905	2353
Alum-(K) ()*	Alum	KAl(SO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	61864	92
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	61894	966
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	5	61832,61838,61926,61931,61933	2162
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	61887	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	2	61868,61889	1588
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	1	61894	246
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	6	61834,61838,61843,61846,61884,61924	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	61838	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	61916	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	7	61828,61834,61842,61884,61894,61905,61926	5509
Bariopharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	Ba_0.5Fe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·5H₂O	1	61932	150
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	15	61828,61834,61838,61842,61843,61846,61848,61874,61882,61884,61894,61908,61914,61918,61929	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	4	61834,61884,61924,61926	5516
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	61838	1089
Brackebuschite ()*	Brackebuschite	Pb₂Mn³⁺(VO₄)₂(OH)	1	61929	15
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	61894	1633
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	4	61832,61838,61931,61933	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	18	61834,61838,61840,61842,61843,61846,61850,61870,61871,61884,61908,61910,61913,61914,61924,61926,61929,61932	27770
Carrollite ()*	Spinel	CuCo₂S₄	1	61884	154
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	6	61842,61843,61908,61914,61924,61926	309
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	5	61879,61884,61894,61924,61926	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5	61834,61838,61884,61905,61926	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	17	61828,61834,61838,61843,61846,61850,61856,61859,61868,61870,61871,61877,61884,61908,61924,61926,61932	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	61931	3902
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	6	61834,61842,61884,61910,61924,61926	3531
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	4	61838,61848,61884,61887	2600
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	61931	1756
Clinosafflorite ()*	Löllingite	CoAs₂	1	61834	21
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1	61884	966
Copiapite ()*	Copiapite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	2	61843,61848	382
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	4	61842,61884,61910,61913	3846
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	61922	1008
Corkite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	1	61884	151
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	61884,61926	4165
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	1	61929	599
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	6	61842,61884,61908,61910,61913,61926	2970
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	1	61926	378
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	61870	651
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	3	61842,61884,61926	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	18	61830,61832,61834,61838,61842,61843,61846,61868,61870,61874,61877,61884,61894,61908,61910,61924,61929,61932	9895
Domeykite ()*	Domeykite	Cu₃As	1	61842	73
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	61840	8173
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	3	61834,61884,61932	814
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	61844	371
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2	61832,61838	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	61838	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	10	61834,61838,61843,61846,61879,61884,61887,61908,61924,61926	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	13	61828,61834,61838,61843,61887,61905,61908,61910,61913,61914,61916,61924,61932	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6	61834,61838,61843,61889,61891,61894	6890
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	6	61842,61843,61908,61913,61914,61924	290
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	13	61832,61834,61838,61843,61884,61894,61908,61910,61914,61918,61931,61932,61933	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	61832,61838	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	4	61882,61884,61887,61894	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	61838,61884	5591
Kemmlitzite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	61835	7
Krettnichite ()*	Natrochalcite	PbMn³⁺₂(VO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	61929	2
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	1	61855	581
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	2	61884,61885	234
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	61834	198
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	61838,61843	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	13	61828,61834,61838,61843,61884,61894,61905,61910,61913,61924,61926,61929,61932	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1	61929	770
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	9	61834,61838,61843,61846,61868,61877,61882,61884,61924	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	4	61838,61843,61848,61864	915
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	6	61856,61859,61861,61868,61870,61874	1066
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	61926	1107
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O	1	61889	223
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	61832	945
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	1	61929	362
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	61838	17380
Nacrite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	61838	112
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	1	61894	492
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	61843	2994
Pharmacolite ()*	Gypsum	Ca(AsO₃OH)·2H₂O	1	61884	105
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	61894	477
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	2	61884,61885	369
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	61838	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	15	61834,61838,61840,61843,61846,61848,61850,61864,61868,61870,61877,61882,61884,61908,61924	39462
Pyrobelonite ()*	Descloizite	PbMn²⁺VO₄(OH)	1	61929	21
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	61929	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	2	61879,61887	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	61834	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	26	61832,61834,61840,61842,61843,61848,61852,61866,61868,61884,61885,61887,61908,61909,61910,61913,61914,61916,61918,61920,61924,61926,61929,61931,61932,61933	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	61838	1711
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	3	61832,61838,61931	5614
Salammoniac ()*	None	(NH₄)Cl	2	61864,61874	105
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	61926	301
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	14	61832,61834,61838,61850,61856,61859,61868,61870,61871,61874,61877,61884,61905,61932	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	10	61834,61838,61850,61856,61859,61871,61874,61884,61924,61926	21482
Strashimirite ()*	None	Cu₄(AsO₄)₂(OH)₂·2.5H₂O	2	61894,61901	90
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2	61864,61874	2045
Svanbergite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	1	61835	105
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	4	61838,61884,61926,61929	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	61838,61926	5317
Tokyoite ()*	Brackebuschite	Ba₂Mn³⁺(VO₄)₂OH	1	61929	9
Tyrolite ()*	Tyrolite	Ca₂Cu₉(AsO₄)₄(CO₃)(OH)₈·11H₂O	1	61884	245
Ulexite ()*	None	NaCaB₅O₆(OH)₆·5H₂O	1	61889	160
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	2	61825,61844	636
Zeunerite ()*	Autunite	Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	61932	185
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	61838	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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